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ACCOUNTING DEVICE FOR XEROGRAPHIC REPRODUCING APPARATUS Filed Sept. 30, 1964 28 Sheets-Sheet 18 INVENTORS ROBERT F. OSBORNE JOHN W. MELVILLE ROLF W. EICHLER KARL A. NORTHRUP JOHN F. WIRLEY ATTORNEYS y 1970 R. F. OSBORNE ETAL 3,512,885

ACCOUNTING DEVICE FOR XEROGRAPHIC REPRODUCING APPARATUS 28 Sheets-Sheet 19 Filed Sept. 50, 1964 ATTORNEYS y 1970 R. F. OSBORNE ETAL ACCOUNTING DEVICE FOR XEROGRAPHIC REPRODUCING APPARATUS Filed Sept. 30, 1964 mw 6F 99w at 3w 6E mw 6E QmNsR A T TOR/V5 VS 

1. IN A REPRODUCING APPARATUS HAVING A MOVABLE IMAGING REPRODUCING SURFACE, SHEET FEED MEANS TO ADVANCE SHEETS SERIATIM TO THE REPRODUCING SURFACE, DRIVE MEANS CONNECTED TO THE SURFACE TO MOVE THE SAME THROUGH A PLURALITY OF PROCESSING STEPS, CONTROL MEANS CONNECTED TO THE DRIVE MEANS AND TO THE SHEET FEED MEANS TO EFFECT OPERATION OF THE SHEET FEED MEANS, AND, SHEET SENSING MEANS TO PRODUCE A PULSE FOR EACH SHEET ADVANCED TO THE REPRODUCING SURFACE ONTO WHICH THE REPRODUCTION IS MADE: THE COMBINATION COMPRISING PROGRAMMER MEANS FOR EFFECTING OPERATION OF SAID DRIVE MEANS AND SAID CONTROL MEANS; SAID PROGRAMMER INCLUDING: A PRE-SET COUNTER CONNECTED TO SAID SHEET SENSING MEANS FOR COUNTING INPUT PULSES RECEIVED FROM SAID SHEET SENSING MEANS FOR COUNTING TO A PREDETERMINED NUMBER THE NUMBER OF REPRODUCTIONS BEING MADE AND UPON REACHING THE PREDETERMINED NUMBER EFFECTING MACHINE TIME OUT; A FIXED PROGRAMMED SEQUENCER OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID SENSING MEANS TO EFFECT A SERIES OF OUTPUT CLOSURE PER INPUT PULSE FROM SAID SENSING MEANS; A REGISTERING MECHANISM CONNECTED TO SAID SEQUENCER FOR REGISTERING CUMULATIVELY SAID OUTPUT CLOSURES; AN INTERLOCK CONTROL MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND TO SAID PROGRAMMER AND ADAPTED TO RESET SAID PRE-SET COUNTER IN THE EVENT SAID INTERLOCK CONTROL MEANS ARE ACTUATED, THEREBY RESETTING SAID FIXED PROGRAM SEQUENCER. 